Background: The management of acute and chronic pain for individuals living with sickle cell
disease (SCD) is a clinical challenge. This reflects the paucity of clinical SCD pain research …

Background: Wet needling uses hollow-bore needles to deliver corticosteroids, anesthetics,
sclerosants, botulinum toxins, or other agents. In contrast, dry needling requires the insertion …

Background. Back pain is a common problem and a major cause of disability and health
care utilization. Purpose. To evaluate the efficacy, harms, and costs of the most common …

Objective To evaluate the current evidence of the effectiveness of dry needling of myofascial
trigger points (MTrPs) associated with low back pain (LBP). Data Sources PubMed, Ovid …

A 45-year-old man with a 7-year history of low back pain asks his physician for a referral to a
licensed acupuncturist. Acupuncture involves the insertion of fine metallic needles into the …

Objective. As evidence of the effectiveness of acupuncture for low back pain (LBP) is
inconsistent, we aimed to critically appraise the evidence from relevant systematic reviews …

Objectives: Although acupuncture has been frequently used for acute nonspecific low back
pain (LBP), relevant systematic reviews indicate sparse and inconclusive evidence. This …

Study Design. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
(RCTs). Objective. To evaluate the totality of evidence in relation to the effectiveness of …

Accumulating evidence has shown that complicated brain systems are involved in the
development and maintenance of chronic low back pain (cLBP), but the association …

Acupuncture is commonly used for pain control, but doubts about its effectiveness and safety
remain. This review was aimed at critically evaluating systematic reviews of acupuncture as …